It is not a foul tip unless caught, and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play.
Also applies to the rubber or canvas bags comprising first, second, and third base, as well as the hard plastic or rubber plate known as home plate.īaseline – the area between each base along which the base runner must generally runīase runner – a batter who has reached base safelyīatter – also known as “hitter” an offensive player who takes his/her position in the batter’s box to try to hit the pitchīatter’s box – a rectangular area beside home plate where the batter must stand to hit the pitchīatting order – the official list giving the sequence in which members of the (offensive) team must come to batĬatcher – defensive player who normally positions him/herself behind home plate and receives pitchesĬenter fielder – the defensive player positioned near the middle of the outfieldĭefensive team – the nine players in the field (pitcher, catcher, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd basemen, shortstop, and left, center, and right fielders)įair ball – a ball hit into the field of playįielder – any one of the nine players on the defensive team (pitcher, catcher, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd basemen, shortstop, and left, center, and right fielders)įirst baseman – the defensive player in the portion of the infield near the bag that the batter will initially run to (invisible line goes from catcher to first baseman to right fielder)įoul ball – a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or over foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any foreign object to the natural ground A foul fly shall be judged according to the relative position of the ball and the foul line, including the foul pole, and not as to whether the infielder is on foul or fair territory at the time he/she touches the ball.įoul lines – the two straight lines extending from home plate past the outside edges of first and third bases to the outfield fenceįoul tip – a batted ball that goes sharply and directly from the bat to the catcher’s hands and is legally caught. Ball – as called by the umpire, a pitch that does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at by the batterīase – one of four points on the infield that must be touched by a runner in order to score a run.
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